This teacher demonstrates his beliefs about how people learn through his use of questions that require students to reflect. In fact, almost everything he says to the students is in the form of a question. This suggests that his beliefs about how people learn include:
1. People need to own their own learning. In other words, it is primarily an internal process.
2. Reflection by students on what they are doing enhances learning.
Regarding how students develop competency in science, he seems to believe the following:
1. There are many ways to make scientific discoveries and therefore, the idea of a scientific "method" should be questioned.
2. Learners should rely on certain common elements of scientific discovery including using evidence and testing theories.
3. Learners need to be willing to "get messy" both literally and figuratively, that is, to deal with complexity in scientific experiementation.
4. Learners need to understand the role of the scientist and be reflective of that role.
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